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36 -- ACQUISITION OF AN AUTONOMOUS GROUND STATION SOL RFP-96-GSN-001. Due 102896. Contact Mr Randy B Ewing, Sr Subcontracts Administrator, 410/516-7687; Ms Susanna S Ormond, Contract/Compliance Officer, 410/516-4378; Mr Dennis McCarthy, Program Manager, 410/516-5545. Under NASA Prime Contract No. NAS5-32985, The John Hopkins University (JHU), Far Ultraviolet Spectroscopic Explorer (FUSE) program is issuing a Request for Proposal on 13 September 1996, for the acquisition of an autonomous S-Band ground station. This will be the (primary) ground station for all on-orbit FUSE operations. The FUSE Mission will be operated for at least three (3) years beginning in November 1998, using traditional pass (contact) operations methodologies. Although the Mission is normally implemented via pre-planned commands, the operations system shall also provide the capability for interactive, real time control of the spacecraft and instrument. The autonomous ground station provides the 1) interface to the on-orbit satellite; 2) uplink command information prepared by the Satellite Control Center (SCC) at JHU, and; 3) receiving and forwarding SCC science and engineering telemetry. The Ground Station must be capable of transmitting data to and receiving data from the FUSE Satellite. The basis for the RF communication shall be the Cumulative Committee for Space Data Systems (CCSDS). The Ground Station will operate autonomously, receiving satellite and station commands from the SCC and passing satellite and station housekeeping telemetry back to the SCC. The Ground Station Specification, Ground Station Statement of Work, and other pertinent information, may be accessed on the Internet at http://fuse.pha.jhu.edu/fuse/rfp/rfp.html. Proposals shall be prepared in accordance with Request for Proposal No. RFP-96-GSN-001 and are due by close of business Monday, 28 October 1996. Submit proposals to: Mr Randy B Ewing, Johns Hopkins University, Department of Physics and Astronomy/144 Bloomberg Building, 3400 North Charles Street, Baltimore, Maryland 21218, (410) 516-7687 (rbewing@pha.jhu.edu). A pre-proposal conference is scheduled for Monday, 30 September 1996 by email or telephone. This synopsis is for information dissemination purposes only and does not constitute a commitment on the part of the John Hopkins University to purchase the Ground Station. (247)

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